Can filling machine



July 21, 1931. c. FLOYD CAN FILLING MACH-INE Filed June 18, 1930 Sheets-Sheet l July 21, 1931. c. FLOYD" CAN FILLING MACHINE 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 18, 1950 IWI/6775077 Carol Floyd July 21, 1931. c. FLoYD 1,815,766

l l CAN FILLING MACHINE Filed June 1a. 195o s sheets-sheet as Patented .uly 1931 OAROI. FLOYD, on

reisjes) PArNr Fri E i ORLANDO, FLORIDA, AssIGNon To nn. I'. PHILLIPS COMPANY, or ORLANDO, lFLORIDA, A CORPORATION or rLonIne. f

CAN FILLING MACHINE f Application medi-June 1s, 1930. serial no; 461,900.

` This' linvention relates to the canning of substances, especially fruit such as oranges and grape fruit,'fand hasparticular reference to' improvements yin awell known type of can-filling machinery which automatically brings empty cans successively to positio-n to receive the fruit from one of a series of ringshap'ed measuring chambers, which latter receive the fruit from a supply hopper, said machine also having receiving funnels below the measuring chambers, with plungers which automatically press the fruit into the cans Oneof the objects-of the presentl inventionV is to provide such a machiney with means for i* preventing crushing injury to-any pieces of y' fruit which may project abovethe tops of e the measuring rings. *Y This obj ect is attained Y f 'Another object mitting a certain limited quantity of juice to by means of a knifewhich cuts rofl,z such proeCng fruit.

Another Objectis to provide means for vpreventing fruit from `escaping from a measuring ring if `no can isfinfposition toreceive 1t. n y y 1s to-provlde means for perbe deposited in ,each n l,can ,y prior to the can being filled with the fruit itself.

With the above mentioned objects in view,

the invention consists in theconstruction and what irregular line 5-5 of Figure 3.y

after described and claimed.y

e Of the accompanying drawings l Figure 1 is a side velevation of the machine, omitting such'details as are unnecessary `to combination of parts substantially as herein- Van understanding of the invention.

Figure 2 represents asection on liney 2-2 .of kFigure 1, on a' much smaller scale.

Figure 3 represents kasection' on line 3-j3 i of! yFigure 1.

Figure 4 represents'a section on the curved line 4 4 of Figure 2, on a larger scale kthan thatgure. n 1,f n

Figure 5 represents a section on thefsome'- *i Figure Greprese'nts a detail section on line p 6-6 of Figure 3. n

Figure '-'reprr sents a detail section on yline 7--7 of Figure 3. y

Similar reference characters indicate similar parts or features inallof the figures.

Portions of a suitable frame for the mai l ychine are illustrated at 12, and apower-driven shaft 13 is mounted to rotate therein..y Secured toy the upper end of the shaft are the upper and' lower measuring members 14, 15, which, as usual in the type of machinehereinbefore referred to, are relatively adjustable to effect the desired capacity thereof. Above said measuring members is the shaker 16', and above the latter is the supply hopper 17. The chambers within the members 14, 15, areindicated at 1S. As yso far described, the structure isy practically the same as that of a well Y 'convenience of description, may kbe referred toas a mold board. The shaker 16 is operated inthe usual well known manner, said shaker having an arm 22 (Figs. 1 and 2) fitting a pin 23 supported by the frame, and having an oppositely projecting'arm 24 provided with a slot'25 engaging a pin 26 eccentrically projecting from a disk 27 at the Lipper of the shaft 28. As the shaker swings Orloscillates,

due to the rotation ofthe pin 26 in the slot of the arm 24, theknife 20 acts to effect a shearing cut in any lsuch plugs of fruit as may be projectingabove the tops of the'measuring rings 18 as such rings move'in the direction of the arrow adjacent to Figure 2.y yThen any such surplus fruit is shoved up ontothe mold board 21 in much the same'waylas a plow'iny a iieldfcauses earth to be shoved up onto its mold board. In 'the present machine such surplus fruit will later find its way around to' pass into another, following, measuring ring. Such shearing cut of projecting plugs of fruit prevents injury' to the fruit by tearing orcrushing 1t.

` vSuitably mounted in fixed position ybelow i the ring chambers 18 is a juice receiver for the kusual purpose, but said receiver in thep-resent machine. `has a marginal portion lovver than the central portion to provide an annular trough orreceiver 291,(Figs. l, 2 and 5). At one point, the bottom of said receiverl has an opening controlled by a slide valve plate 30 (Fgsfand 7.) havinga pin 3i engaged by l'the forked end 32 of anv arm 33 of a verticallyf mounted rocking shaft or pin 34. Said shaft its loner end., an anni (Figs. I3 ando provided vvitharoll 36. spring 37 .normally holds the arm against astop pin 38 and maintains the valve closed. When a 7can a however, on its Wayrto be illed,.reaches the roll 36, it effects theactu'ation ofthe vertical shaft 34 and opens the valve 30 briefly topperini-t a llimited quantity of juice to escape .from

the annr-.l-ar-reeeiver into the can that effected the opening fot the valve. .if can moving along so as to contact With the roll 38, the 'valve kWillnot fopen yand vso no juice Will be Wasted. l I

elite-r fa rcan passes the position just described, it 'reaches a position to be i'illed With fruit, and l have provided means somewhat similar to What has just Ybeen described, to

and having a lower 'arm 42 lprovided with 'a roll 43.- A spring 44 tends to hold the avr-m 42 )against la stoppin 45 to maintain theY slide valve 39 closed; butgwhen a (z contacts with saidroll43 it-eiectsjthe opening ot said valve 'as Wil-lfhe readily understood. This effects 'the-saving of a can-.filling gquantity of fruit if yat :any time the `machine tails to Icarryja can to position to be filled. Y

-To permit the. drain-ing eff 'u'ice from the measuring chambers 18 into t e annular re'- ceiver 29, a slight crevice 45 (Fig. is provided between each ringand said receiver.

tunnels 47 through which the fruit -f passes from the rmeasuring rings to the cans are, as the *Well .knovvn machine referred yto-, connectedl to be rotated by the shaft 13, and the rest `oft 'the Istructure 'which vvill novv be hrietly described, also form'sfno .part oiimy invention, Movable in eachi'nnnel 4f? is a plunger 48 lhaving 1an arm 49 extending over and ,guided the youter Wall of the series of tunnels, the end of said -arm having a Troll 50 :riding Von the 'track lvlivhich has a raised or cam porti-on 52 which, as :the tunnels revolve, `causes the plungers to `he successively lifted to l'the proper yposition to .permitthe charges of fruit to pass dovvninto the cans, atter which lthe v;.plungerssuccessively -descend fand press the fruit into the ycan-s.

The drainage crevices 46 cooperate with the tvvoy valves 30, 39, in enabling just the desired amount of juice `to be supplied to each can relatively to the fruit. This is because the drainage of the juice from'ithe measuring, rings 1 8 not only supplies the annular receiver with juice vvhi'ch is then measured out by the valve 30y into each can, but also leavesin each ring 18 so little juice that :the said rings 18 ycontain only'v what may fb'e termed drained truitoiia given Weight that is then permitted by the valve 39 to pass to 'and 'be pressed into each can in addition to the previously deposited predetermined quantity of juice.

Having new described my invention, IV

controlling passage ot juice from said .re-A

ceiirer to a can, another valve `'for controlling the escape of material tromeachfchamber which rea-ches Va positionto be emptied, and means for operating Vsaid valves by the far rivalot -a can in successive positions to lreceive juice and material. y yj .4. In a can -i'ill-ing ymachine, aV rotary series et measitring chambers, a stationary juice reiver Vbelow said chamfbers `and .havingi-ts entire marginal portion `lower than the cientra-l portion, 'said lower-l marginal portion providing an 'annular trough,-crevices heing provided to permit the lpassage orf juicer-om the said chambers into the saidY annular trough. Y l i of. ln canfilling machine, a rotary series of measuring-chambers, a stationary Yjuice receiver below .said chambers fand having its entire :marginal portion lower than the icentral portion, 4sai-d lovver marginal ,portion providing an annular trough, crevices being provided to permit the passage oi' jnicefroin the said Ichambers into the Ysaid annular treufgh, the said fannulartrongh having 'a i'n'testimony whereof 11h-ave aiiixed' any signature.

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